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riverviewlogs2018-04-01 09:34 pm
shoplifter) wrote in riverviewlogs2018-04-01 09:34 pm
I almost drowned (and all I got was this stupid shirt) Part Open, Part Closed!
who: Laura, Stephen, Loki, and any visitors to Option B.
what: The flooding from here.
when: End of March
where: The rushin' waters outside the city, and also the hospital.
warnings: A near-drowning of a child. Maybe flashbacks or heavier material about the hospital, if it reaches that kind of point.
End of March — The Floods.
OPTION A. | Closed to Stephen and Loki
[The flooding's gotten much worse. And with the flooding comes terrible creatures outside the wall, ones she hasn't had the pleasure of running into — giant crocodiles, things with curling, wriggling tentacles, and all manner of fish and bug and frog. She has elected to at the very least kill them before they can get into the city somehow, or scare them away if it's possible. The waters are getting worse, the creatures are more plentiful, and... maybe she is getting stuck in the crossfire more than she'd like to admit.
She leaps from tree to tree as best she can, and scales along the sides of quivering buildings.
Maybe she can just hang out in the — oh, it's raining. This is just great.
How can this get any worse?]
OPTION B. | Hospital | Open to All
[Laura nearly drowns, basically. It's a good thing Stephen and Loki had been around to fish her out. And for the next day or two, Laura lays in a hospital bed looking surprisingly okay for someone who doesn't want to wake up yet; not a scratch on her, because that's just how she works. Maybe it was the rock her head hit during her rather dramatic fall into the pulsing waters below.
But eventually, she does wake up. And it, unlike the fall, is not dramatic at all.
She opens her eyes and stares at the ceiling, knowing exactly where she is. For some reason, though... the fear and panic is abated. Stephen and Beverly work here. The hospital is not bad — it's... not. And though her arms get pimpled at the memory of the sterile world she'd come from, she does not jump up or move to flee. Instead, she says, to the ceiling and whoever may be close by:]
... I am hungry.
[Nailed it.
She can be found hanging out in her room, nurses anxiously peering in (they haven't forgot her last rage, alright?). She's going to try her best to be good for any doctors or nurses this time. And hell, despite being nearly eaten by monsters and almost drowning, she looks 100% healthy.
Also, she may be half-way climbing out a window at some point, when you visit.
........... Oops?]
what: The flooding from here.
when: End of March
where: The rushin' waters outside the city, and also the hospital.
warnings: A near-drowning of a child. Maybe flashbacks or heavier material about the hospital, if it reaches that kind of point.
End of March — The Floods.
OPTION A. | Closed to Stephen and Loki
[The flooding's gotten much worse. And with the flooding comes terrible creatures outside the wall, ones she hasn't had the pleasure of running into — giant crocodiles, things with curling, wriggling tentacles, and all manner of fish and bug and frog. She has elected to at the very least kill them before they can get into the city somehow, or scare them away if it's possible. The waters are getting worse, the creatures are more plentiful, and... maybe she is getting stuck in the crossfire more than she'd like to admit.
She leaps from tree to tree as best she can, and scales along the sides of quivering buildings.
Maybe she can just hang out in the — oh, it's raining. This is just great.
How can this get any worse?]
OPTION B. | Hospital | Open to All
[Laura nearly drowns, basically. It's a good thing Stephen and Loki had been around to fish her out. And for the next day or two, Laura lays in a hospital bed looking surprisingly okay for someone who doesn't want to wake up yet; not a scratch on her, because that's just how she works. Maybe it was the rock her head hit during her rather dramatic fall into the pulsing waters below.
But eventually, she does wake up. And it, unlike the fall, is not dramatic at all.
She opens her eyes and stares at the ceiling, knowing exactly where she is. For some reason, though... the fear and panic is abated. Stephen and Beverly work here. The hospital is not bad — it's... not. And though her arms get pimpled at the memory of the sterile world she'd come from, she does not jump up or move to flee. Instead, she says, to the ceiling and whoever may be close by:]
... I am hungry.
[Nailed it.
She can be found hanging out in her room, nurses anxiously peering in (they haven't forgot her last rage, alright?). She's going to try her best to be good for any doctors or nurses this time. And hell, despite being nearly eaten by monsters and almost drowning, she looks 100% healthy.
Also, she may be half-way climbing out a window at some point, when you visit.
........... Oops?]
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And the first thing to remember when you're trying to save or protect someone else is being careful, or else you might make the situation even more dangerous. For you and for the person you're trying to save. [ He's so full of crap. As if he even does that himself. But she's just a kid, and he doesn't want her getting hurt. ]
So, what did you learn from it, this time?
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That rocks hurt when you run into them.
[The sass levels are off the charts, captain!! Brace for impact!
Her pokerface is pro.]
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And did you really have to run into a rock to learn that?
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[But probably not, no.]
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Not when it comes to this.
[ It's all fine and good that she can't get hurt, but that doesn't mean she should just be throwing herself into danger. (Jim would do it too, though. Hell, he does it even without having some superhuman ability to heal. So it's not like he can talk much.) ]
Anyway, how about I go steal some jelly from the cafeteria for us? Think you can stay put and wait for me?
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You are trying to keep me from sneaking out early.
[You snake, you.]
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[ He purses his lips and shrugs like he doesn't give a single crap about it. ]
But then I'll have to eat both our sandwiches and jelly all by myself.
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[That, my friend, is the sound of defeat.
You've tamed the child.
... For now.]
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[ Jim's smile widens, and he pats her head lightly as he gets to his feet. ]
I'll be right back, then.
[ And off he goes to raid the cafeteria!! Also possibly get some chocolates out of a vending machine. ]